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Destiny Kills
Desire calls. Danger Lurks.
But...
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.�
But...
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.�
336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 28, 2008
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Keri Arthur
99Ìýbooks5,982ÌýfollowersKeri Arthur, author of the New York Times bestselling Riley Jenson, Guardian series, has now written more than 25 books. She's received several nominations in the Best Contemporary Paranormal category of the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Awards, and recently won RT's Career Achievement Award for urban fantasy. She lives in Melbourne with her daughter and two crazy dogs
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June 16, 2012
Okay, so I’ve read 7 books by Keri Arthur and I can’t take it any more. This is one of her more recent books so I mistakenly thought the problems I experienced with the Damask Circle trilogy, published 10 years ago, wouldn’t be repeated here.
Destiny Kills had a premise with great promise and the power to be unforgettable but it was ruined by a number of re-occuring factors concerning Arthur’s books and writing style.
First off, sex. Nothing can get in the way of sex and the I-love-yous. Not even romance. There's a lot of love-at-first-sight fated-to-be-mated because her, sometimes wooden characters, are incapable of falling in love gradually. Now, if Arthur was a writer of erotica this probably wouldn’t be a problem. But paranormal romance tends to require some sort of storyline, a reason for the hero and heroine to meet each other and for a little time to pass together before they start bumping uglies. I prefer there to be a balance between plot and sex. And plot almost always comes last with this author.
The beginnings of Arthur’s books are mostly very weak and Destiny Kills was no exception. Our heroine is on an unknown beach with a dead body with no memory of how he died, her name or what she’s doing there. Only she knows his name and his relationship to her. She knows they’re both non-human and how to traditionally dispose of his body with the proper ceremony. I’m no expert on amnesia but I have witnessed it first hand, and I find it unlikely that she would remember all of that so quickly.
I wondered why exactly the author decided to start the book at that exact point:
Timeline
Beginning the book a little earlier while Destiny is still imprisoned would’ve provided better background and a sense of urgency for her escape. Obviously Arthur wasn’t scared of harsh reality and if we’d witnessed Destiny’s living conditions and how she was treated before escape I could’ve felt sympathy, encouraging me to be invested in her mission. We also could’ve met Egan who was apparently a big part of her life, before he died. The flashbacks weren’t enough. They’re too brief, often confusing with little context to fully understand what happened and the effect on Destiny’s behaviour.
Which leads me to another thing, Destiny, although not unaffected by her experience as a lab rat, she’s remarkably and suspiciously functional. I’d expect panic attacks, crying, not wanting to be touched, crippling anger –some sort of post-traumatic stress. She experiences one moment of it: when she’d had to shoot someone in the head during her escape. That’s it. She seems more concerned about dishonouring Egan by moving on too quickly with his half-brother, Trae.
Where are all the people? We live on a planet of 7 billion people and yet most of Arthur’s books (excluding Riley Jensen) contain two characters, and if you’re lucky 3 others with a sentence of dialogue each. There are no side characters, no sidekicks. There’s only one POV: Destiny’s. The scope is too narrow. They’re not the only two people in the world. Neither have friends or family. They receive no calls to check-in after going AWOL. Destiny has an excuse but then the kids, I would think, would be her family but we don’t hear much from them. Trae is an outcast who hates his father but what about friends, his mother? Not everyone is a lone wolf. Contact with other characters can be a means of showing what our heroes and heroines are really like, can provide a little light entertainment to an otherwise challenging or bleak situation, or a reason to hate the villains. Evil scientists were the villains but we didn’t get to see them being evil. We were told.
The epilogue is a rushed summary of events. Events therein could’ve been expanded so we might properly understand the effects of being confined on Destiny and the children during the search for their parents. We could’ve met Trae’s mother and seen her reaction to Destiny, figured out what kind of relationship she had with her son and how she felt about Trae’s father. Emotional relationships are very important and yet they are ignored.
I was incredibly frustrated by the lack of depth to the plot and to the characters. So much more could’ve been done to make this book special. Disappointing.
My history with Keri Arthur:
2 Damask Circle trilogy books(pub. 2001-2) [PNR]*
2 Ripple Creek Werewolf duology books (pub. 2003-4) [PNR]**
2 Riley Jensen books (pub. 2006-7) [UF]
1 Myth & Magic book (pub. 2008) [PNR]
*I own the last in the trilogy, which I may or may not read.
**The best of the bunch.
Destiny Kills had a premise with great promise and the power to be unforgettable but it was ruined by a number of re-occuring factors concerning Arthur’s books and writing style.
First off, sex. Nothing can get in the way of sex and the I-love-yous. Not even romance. There's a lot of love-at-first-sight fated-to-be-mated because her, sometimes wooden characters, are incapable of falling in love gradually. Now, if Arthur was a writer of erotica this probably wouldn’t be a problem. But paranormal romance tends to require some sort of storyline, a reason for the hero and heroine to meet each other and for a little time to pass together before they start bumping uglies. I prefer there to be a balance between plot and sex. And plot almost always comes last with this author.
The beginnings of Arthur’s books are mostly very weak and Destiny Kills was no exception. Our heroine is on an unknown beach with a dead body with no memory of how he died, her name or what she’s doing there. Only she knows his name and his relationship to her. She knows they’re both non-human and how to traditionally dispose of his body with the proper ceremony. I’m no expert on amnesia but I have witnessed it first hand, and I find it unlikely that she would remember all of that so quickly.
I wondered why exactly the author decided to start the book at that exact point:
Timeline
Destiny’s a child when her mother is kidnapped. Destiny and her dad run away to the US.
Aged 18, attempting a rescue, Destiny is kidnapped.
10 years of confinement: includes experimentation (read: torture), forced coupling with Egan (i.e. rape), protecting the dragon children who’re also confined.
Escapes aged 28, with Egan, leaving the children behind after her mother feels Destiny’s father dying.
On the run, caught and Egan’s killed.
[The book starts.]
Beginning the book a little earlier while Destiny is still imprisoned would’ve provided better background and a sense of urgency for her escape. Obviously Arthur wasn’t scared of harsh reality and if we’d witnessed Destiny’s living conditions and how she was treated before escape I could’ve felt sympathy, encouraging me to be invested in her mission. We also could’ve met Egan who was apparently a big part of her life, before he died. The flashbacks weren’t enough. They’re too brief, often confusing with little context to fully understand what happened and the effect on Destiny’s behaviour.
Which leads me to another thing, Destiny, although not unaffected by her experience as a lab rat, she’s remarkably and suspiciously functional. I’d expect panic attacks, crying, not wanting to be touched, crippling anger –some sort of post-traumatic stress. She experiences one moment of it: when she’d had to shoot someone in the head during her escape. That’s it. She seems more concerned about dishonouring Egan by moving on too quickly with his half-brother, Trae.
Where are all the people? We live on a planet of 7 billion people and yet most of Arthur’s books (excluding Riley Jensen) contain two characters, and if you’re lucky 3 others with a sentence of dialogue each. There are no side characters, no sidekicks. There’s only one POV: Destiny’s. The scope is too narrow. They’re not the only two people in the world. Neither have friends or family. They receive no calls to check-in after going AWOL. Destiny has an excuse but then the kids, I would think, would be her family but we don’t hear much from them. Trae is an outcast who hates his father but what about friends, his mother? Not everyone is a lone wolf. Contact with other characters can be a means of showing what our heroes and heroines are really like, can provide a little light entertainment to an otherwise challenging or bleak situation, or a reason to hate the villains. Evil scientists were the villains but we didn’t get to see them being evil. We were told.
The epilogue is a rushed summary of events. Events therein could’ve been expanded so we might properly understand the effects of being confined on Destiny and the children during the search for their parents. We could’ve met Trae’s mother and seen her reaction to Destiny, figured out what kind of relationship she had with her son and how she felt about Trae’s father. Emotional relationships are very important and yet they are ignored.
I was incredibly frustrated by the lack of depth to the plot and to the characters. So much more could’ve been done to make this book special. Disappointing.
My history with Keri Arthur:
2 Damask Circle trilogy books(pub. 2001-2) [PNR]*
2 Ripple Creek Werewolf duology books (pub. 2003-4) [PNR]**
2 Riley Jensen books (pub. 2006-7) [UF]
1 Myth & Magic book (pub. 2008) [PNR]
*I own the last in the trilogy, which I may or may not read.
**The best of the bunch.
July 26, 2015
An other case of "it's not you, it's me" reviews.
There was nothing wrong overall with Destiny Kills except my nits and a blandness that can't be covered.
This is purely a paranormal romance rather than a UF one. [In my book the difference is on focus. If the balance leans toward the couple and the romance, than it's PNR, when the balance leans on the other elements of the story we have a UF romance. I'm taking for granted that all the other facets of the books are good, in other words I'm talking of the best examples out there. Think about Ms Singh'series, The Psy-Changeling vs The Guild Hunter.]
Unfortunately it's one of those pnr that relies heavily on unexplained lust at first sight. It's not called mate bond, but it's the same. They see each other and voilà , le jeux sont faits, rien ne va plus. But you want that damn play!
Weirdly enough this is one of her tamest book, aka there's one or two sex scenes and they are in the second part of the story. Still, I felt no romance, no understanding, and no trust between the two. I have no sympathy toward the hero, Trae, and no willingness to forget he's mostly a selfish bastard and a thief. And Destiny is too much of a cry-baby for my tastes.
But it's again the emphasis on romance that irked me more. When I wanted action/reaction I was given a couple I couldn't really care too much about. A simple example, at the end of the book when I expected a check to see if the research was really closed down or if the involvement of other dragons was casual or not, I got sex. So rather than a let's have our revenge, I got a let's have a baby talk.
Guys, we are talking about kidnapping, nasty research guys, a 10 year imprisonment, betrayals, some serious beef here. But alas this is romance...
I don't agree with everything she wrote or the rating, but here's a good review: /review/show....
So is Jenna's: /review/show...
There was nothing wrong overall with Destiny Kills except my nits and a blandness that can't be covered.
This is purely a paranormal romance rather than a UF one. [In my book the difference is on focus. If the balance leans toward the couple and the romance, than it's PNR, when the balance leans on the other elements of the story we have a UF romance. I'm taking for granted that all the other facets of the books are good, in other words I'm talking of the best examples out there. Think about Ms Singh'series, The Psy-Changeling vs The Guild Hunter.]
Unfortunately it's one of those pnr that relies heavily on unexplained lust at first sight. It's not called mate bond, but it's the same. They see each other and voilà , le jeux sont faits, rien ne va plus. But you want that damn play!
Weirdly enough this is one of her tamest book, aka there's one or two sex scenes and they are in the second part of the story. Still, I felt no romance, no understanding, and no trust between the two. I have no sympathy toward the hero, Trae, and no willingness to forget he's mostly a selfish bastard and a thief. And Destiny is too much of a cry-baby for my tastes.
But it's again the emphasis on romance that irked me more. When I wanted action/reaction I was given a couple I couldn't really care too much about. A simple example, at the end of the book when I expected a check to see if the research was really closed down or if the involvement of other dragons was casual or not, I got sex. So rather than a let's have our revenge, I got a let's have a baby talk.
Guys, we are talking about kidnapping, nasty research guys, a 10 year imprisonment, betrayals, some serious beef here. But alas this is romance...
I don't agree with everything she wrote or the rating, but here's a good review: /review/show....
So is Jenna's: /review/show...
November 16, 2008
I liked "Destiny Kills". If nothing else, it was nice to read about a female dragon with powers of her own!
Destiny is half air dragon and half water dragon. Of course, she doesn't know this when she awakens, in pain and bleeding, beside a dead man on the shore of an ocean, somewhere. She doesn't remember her name or the name of the dead man or how they got where they are. All she does know is that she's in trouble and there's something urgent she needs to do...if she could only remember what and why.
Trae is a draman, half air dragon half human. As a halfbreed in his father's clique (clan), he's considered 'less'. So as soon as he could, he got out. Now he's a thief and a rogue. When he sees the gorgeous woman standing in the middle of the road, he just can't resist. It turns out she's the reason his half-brother asked for his help. His apparently dead half-brother who died on the beach beside this woman, his Destiny.
This story is not a hearts and flowers one. It's a story of monsters, some of which are human. A wacko scientist has been capturing, holding, and experimenting on dragons. Destiny and Trae's brother managed to escape after eleven years, but Destiny's mother and several child air dragons are still in captivity. This is the story of Destiny and Trae's race to free those captives. It's also about magic, love, hatred, privilege, and jealousy.
I'm guessing that Keri Arthur used this book partially to set up more books in this world. There was quite a bit of information that wasn't really needed for this story, but would be for more in this world...if that makes sense. It didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story, but if that will bug you, you've been warned. Also this book is written in first person, so if you hate that, don't blame me cause I told you!
The sex is hot (and so is Trae). I would rate this about 50/50 for romance and fantasy. There's mild violence and death too. But now that I've gotten a glimpse of Arthur's world in "Destiny Kills", I want the next book...NOW.
Destiny is half air dragon and half water dragon. Of course, she doesn't know this when she awakens, in pain and bleeding, beside a dead man on the shore of an ocean, somewhere. She doesn't remember her name or the name of the dead man or how they got where they are. All she does know is that she's in trouble and there's something urgent she needs to do...if she could only remember what and why.
Trae is a draman, half air dragon half human. As a halfbreed in his father's clique (clan), he's considered 'less'. So as soon as he could, he got out. Now he's a thief and a rogue. When he sees the gorgeous woman standing in the middle of the road, he just can't resist. It turns out she's the reason his half-brother asked for his help. His apparently dead half-brother who died on the beach beside this woman, his Destiny.
This story is not a hearts and flowers one. It's a story of monsters, some of which are human. A wacko scientist has been capturing, holding, and experimenting on dragons. Destiny and Trae's brother managed to escape after eleven years, but Destiny's mother and several child air dragons are still in captivity. This is the story of Destiny and Trae's race to free those captives. It's also about magic, love, hatred, privilege, and jealousy.
I'm guessing that Keri Arthur used this book partially to set up more books in this world. There was quite a bit of information that wasn't really needed for this story, but would be for more in this world...if that makes sense. It didn't take away from my enjoyment of the story, but if that will bug you, you've been warned. Also this book is written in first person, so if you hate that, don't blame me cause I told you!
The sex is hot (and so is Trae). I would rate this about 50/50 for romance and fantasy. There's mild violence and death too. But now that I've gotten a glimpse of Arthur's world in "Destiny Kills", I want the next book...NOW.
November 9, 2008
The prose itself is very trite, the sexual tension is just asserted rather than teased out, but the ideas of people who are also sea-dragons or air-dragons is fun and the story is intense and progressing at a quick pace, thus I am sticking with it.
Okay, I wanna cry, because this was such an amazing set-up, the halfling loch ness monster meets her halfling air-dragon mate & they must save her relatives from an evil research lab in Scotland. Beautiful premise. Why do I wanna cry? Because there is so very little description of what it actually is like to be a sea dragon or an air dragon. Most of it is dumb stuff like hmm can we sneak out the back bathroom window. An amazing story, rife with possibility, executed without a single poetic bone.
I'll admit, the romance improved as the story moved along, but the prose itself, so dull, so lacking. At one point, the heroine swims from Maine all the way to Scotland in a day & the only attempt at the underwater experience is to mention she once met a pod of dolphins. I mean, c'mon! The ocean is the last great frontier, teeming with all kinds of life and mayhem and plot.
I don't know why I keep reading these paranormal romances & then getting pissed off when the authors focus solely on the trite romance and action portions. It's just tragic that a story that could have been so good, so original, turned out to be so stale. With a little research & a lot more skill with prose, this novel really could've stood out, been something beautiful.
Okay, I wanna cry, because this was such an amazing set-up, the halfling loch ness monster meets her halfling air-dragon mate & they must save her relatives from an evil research lab in Scotland. Beautiful premise. Why do I wanna cry? Because there is so very little description of what it actually is like to be a sea dragon or an air dragon. Most of it is dumb stuff like hmm can we sneak out the back bathroom window. An amazing story, rife with possibility, executed without a single poetic bone.
I'll admit, the romance improved as the story moved along, but the prose itself, so dull, so lacking. At one point, the heroine swims from Maine all the way to Scotland in a day & the only attempt at the underwater experience is to mention she once met a pod of dolphins. I mean, c'mon! The ocean is the last great frontier, teeming with all kinds of life and mayhem and plot.
I don't know why I keep reading these paranormal romances & then getting pissed off when the authors focus solely on the trite romance and action portions. It's just tragic that a story that could have been so good, so original, turned out to be so stale. With a little research & a lot more skill with prose, this novel really could've stood out, been something beautiful.
December 27, 2021
The weakest of her books so far...
December 20, 2008
Not as good as Riley Jensen series. This author does invent hot dudes though.
April 26, 2020
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I’ve had this sitting on my shelf for a while, and since, well everything going on right now, I cleaned out my room. This one caught my eye, and I flipped through the first chapter and was hooked.
There are spoilers, but only kind of…most of this is revealed early enough on I don’t feel bad about saying it.
So Destiny wakes up on the beach next to a dead man. They’re both naked, and she has no clue who she is. She knows his name, she knows to say a certain prayer to her gods, and that’s about it. She has a head injury, and fleeting glimpses of her memories. But she knows she isn’t human.
She sneaks into a house to steal some clothes and then…no joke, she showers, makes a sandwich, and turns on the news. Like really? Come on. So of course she’s almost caught by the police. Except a man pulls over when she stands in the road hitchhiking and he knows her name. To trust him or not to trust him�
She gives him a chance since he has more information that she does, and the police are at her heels, and as they tear out of there, she tries to get more out of him.
Turns out he’s the brother of the man she was with on the beach. The dead man.
In their escape from the police, they jump off a cliff into the ocean and we discover what she/they are. DRAGONS! Except she’s a sea dragon and he’s an air dragon, so he has wings and she does not. The second she hits the water, her memories come back. And they aren’t pretty. She’s been held in captivity in a science lab with his brother Egan in Loch Ness. Isn’t this the best? She’s practically Nessie!
The two of them join forces to try to break into the lab and free the remaining dragons. There are children there. And her mother. So trying to stay one step ahead of the scientists and hunters, and trying to break into and then back out of the secured facility isn’t going to be easy.
I think this would have made a better UF series. I’m actually sad it wasn’t one. This author is known for her Urban Fantasy, and this reads as one. It’s in first person point of view, and it feels very UF. It looks like there is only one more book after this and it’s about his sister. I want to read that one to see where Ms. Arthur takes this world.
***I bought this book
I’ve had this sitting on my shelf for a while, and since, well everything going on right now, I cleaned out my room. This one caught my eye, and I flipped through the first chapter and was hooked.
There are spoilers, but only kind of…most of this is revealed early enough on I don’t feel bad about saying it.
So Destiny wakes up on the beach next to a dead man. They’re both naked, and she has no clue who she is. She knows his name, she knows to say a certain prayer to her gods, and that’s about it. She has a head injury, and fleeting glimpses of her memories. But she knows she isn’t human.
She sneaks into a house to steal some clothes and then…no joke, she showers, makes a sandwich, and turns on the news. Like really? Come on. So of course she’s almost caught by the police. Except a man pulls over when she stands in the road hitchhiking and he knows her name. To trust him or not to trust him�
She gives him a chance since he has more information that she does, and the police are at her heels, and as they tear out of there, she tries to get more out of him.
Turns out he’s the brother of the man she was with on the beach. The dead man.
In their escape from the police, they jump off a cliff into the ocean and we discover what she/they are. DRAGONS! Except she’s a sea dragon and he’s an air dragon, so he has wings and she does not. The second she hits the water, her memories come back. And they aren’t pretty. She’s been held in captivity in a science lab with his brother Egan in Loch Ness. Isn’t this the best? She’s practically Nessie!
The two of them join forces to try to break into the lab and free the remaining dragons. There are children there. And her mother. So trying to stay one step ahead of the scientists and hunters, and trying to break into and then back out of the secured facility isn’t going to be easy.
I think this would have made a better UF series. I’m actually sad it wasn’t one. This author is known for her Urban Fantasy, and this reads as one. It’s in first person point of view, and it feels very UF. It looks like there is only one more book after this and it’s about his sister. I want to read that one to see where Ms. Arthur takes this world.
***I bought this book
April 16, 2018
★★★★½ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Cassandra Campbell wonderfully narrated this enchanting read. Her delivery kicked this up a notch. Good voices for the characters, nice pacing, and correct inflection. (I did listen at 1.5 speed.)
Lovely story by this new-to-me author. So nice to find a new author you enjoy. Granted, it took me a bit to get into the story, but once it grabbed me, it didn't let go. I actually cried a few times - some over man's inhumanity to life - which was a surprise. I wasn't sure where the author was going with the amnesia, ; seemed to me, at times, that it was used as a way to reveal the setting/world, as the heroine gradually recalls the nature of her world. Still, loved that the H/h gradually fell in love... well, I should say relatively gradual, considering the press of time on their agendas. There wasn't a ton of angst in their developing love story. The plot moved them along.
I haven't read any other books by this author, but this one does not contain bed hopping. Just the right amount of love scenes. For me, anyway.
Lovely story by this new-to-me author. So nice to find a new author you enjoy. Granted, it took me a bit to get into the story, but once it grabbed me, it didn't let go. I actually cried a few times - some over man's inhumanity to life - which was a surprise. I wasn't sure where the author was going with the amnesia, ; seemed to me, at times, that it was used as a way to reveal the setting/world, as the heroine gradually recalls the nature of her world. Still, loved that the H/h gradually fell in love... well, I should say relatively gradual, considering the press of time on their agendas. There wasn't a ton of angst in their developing love story. The plot moved them along.
I haven't read any other books by this author, but this one does not contain bed hopping. Just the right amount of love scenes. For me, anyway.
January 26, 2009
A woman wakes up on the beach, naked next to the body of an also naked dead man. She can't remember anything about who she is or how she got there. But she starts to notice strange things about herself, things she can do and she can't remember why.
This is the first chapter of Destiny Kills, and it's really good. If this had been what the whole book was about, it might have been a really great read. Unfortunately, Destiny remembers everything by the second chapter, and now it's just a typical "I have to save my friends but the bad guys are after me" story.
(If you don't want to know what Destiny remembers in the second chapter, stop reading here. Mild spoilers ahead.)
Destiny is a sea dragon, who was caught and kept in a research facility on Loch Ness for 11 years. She escaped, but has to get back to rescue her mom, and the children that are still being kept there. But of course the scientists are after her. They want her back in the facility where they can poke, prod and study her. She was their only fertile female, and they want to breed little dragons.
Her "boyfriend by circumstance", Egan, escaped with her but then got killed (he was the dead body on the beach.) Now Destiny has to team up with Egan's half brother, Trae, an air dragon. Trae wants Egan's ring, and Destiny has it. Oh, and of course, Destiny and Trae are soulmates.
So... shapeshifter who was captured and kept in a research facility as a subject of fertility testing, has now escaped and has no problem with a lot of running around naked? Does this sound familiar to anyone else?? (*cough* Riley Jenson *cough*)
It's a pretty basic story with some likeable characters and some moderate action scenes. There's a romance, with no real romance in it... just "we're really attracted to each other" and then suddenly "I guess we're together forever."
It was just okay. There was nothing about it that struck any "Ugh!" buttons in me, but there was also nothing really great about it. It's a 3 star book. 'Nuff said.
This is the first chapter of Destiny Kills, and it's really good. If this had been what the whole book was about, it might have been a really great read. Unfortunately, Destiny remembers everything by the second chapter, and now it's just a typical "I have to save my friends but the bad guys are after me" story.
(If you don't want to know what Destiny remembers in the second chapter, stop reading here. Mild spoilers ahead.)
Destiny is a sea dragon, who was caught and kept in a research facility on Loch Ness for 11 years. She escaped, but has to get back to rescue her mom, and the children that are still being kept there. But of course the scientists are after her. They want her back in the facility where they can poke, prod and study her. She was their only fertile female, and they want to breed little dragons.
Her "boyfriend by circumstance", Egan, escaped with her but then got killed (he was the dead body on the beach.) Now Destiny has to team up with Egan's half brother, Trae, an air dragon. Trae wants Egan's ring, and Destiny has it. Oh, and of course, Destiny and Trae are soulmates.
So... shapeshifter who was captured and kept in a research facility as a subject of fertility testing, has now escaped and has no problem with a lot of running around naked? Does this sound familiar to anyone else?? (*cough* Riley Jenson *cough*)
It's a pretty basic story with some likeable characters and some moderate action scenes. There's a romance, with no real romance in it... just "we're really attracted to each other" and then suddenly "I guess we're together forever."
It was just okay. There was nothing about it that struck any "Ugh!" buttons in me, but there was also nothing really great about it. It's a 3 star book. 'Nuff said.
April 18, 2011
2.5 stars.
I'm not sure why this book bored me but it did. Keri Arthur is one of my favorite authors and I have never read a story by her I did not like. There was just something off about this for me. It was a much lighter side of Keri Arthur and not part of a series. There seems to be a more interesting story before this story. i.e. Destiny is part sea dragon and air dragon, her mother was kidnapped by scientists wanting to 'study' her and species like her. At 18, Destiny decides to rescue her mother but is tricked, trapped and imprisoned by a dragon working for the scientists.
This book picks up after Destiny and fellow captive/lover, Egan, have escaped and Egan is dead. We learn of Destiny's experience as she teams up with Egans brother to rescue her mother and kids that are imprisoned as well. She and Trae develop a romantic relationship but don't truly trust eachother. They are tracked and attacked various times by the scientists but the action is sparse and there is no real tension.
The fact that this is a stand alone novel and much lighter than Arthur's Urban Fantasy is probably a good indication of why I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Ms. Arthur is a brilliant writer and I would still recommend this read to romance lovers in general.
I'm not sure why this book bored me but it did. Keri Arthur is one of my favorite authors and I have never read a story by her I did not like. There was just something off about this for me. It was a much lighter side of Keri Arthur and not part of a series. There seems to be a more interesting story before this story. i.e. Destiny is part sea dragon and air dragon, her mother was kidnapped by scientists wanting to 'study' her and species like her. At 18, Destiny decides to rescue her mother but is tricked, trapped and imprisoned by a dragon working for the scientists.
This book picks up after Destiny and fellow captive/lover, Egan, have escaped and Egan is dead. We learn of Destiny's experience as she teams up with Egans brother to rescue her mother and kids that are imprisoned as well. She and Trae develop a romantic relationship but don't truly trust eachother. They are tracked and attacked various times by the scientists but the action is sparse and there is no real tension.
The fact that this is a stand alone novel and much lighter than Arthur's Urban Fantasy is probably a good indication of why I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Ms. Arthur is a brilliant writer and I would still recommend this read to romance lovers in general.
May 14, 2012
Okay, so after reading (and obsessing) over the Riley Jensen series, I basically had to get my hands on every Keri Arthur book available.
Unfortunately, this first book in the Myth and Magic series really fell short for me. The romance felt contrived, the action was "meh", the world and creatures were hardly explored, and most of all, there was a huge disconnect between the reader and characters.
*minor SPOILERS follow*
My first red flag occurred after Destiny's memory returned. Her memory being gone wasn't a big deal and the return of it wasn't really that important either. Which seems odd really. After it returns, Des has a minor moment where she thinks it may have been better to never remember her past, but by the time that thought is made clear she seems over it and moving on to manipulating and out-thinking Trae. This left me not really caring about what her past held. If it's not important to her, it's not important to me.
Next, the romance between Des and Trae was anything but organic. Des was fighting the romance half heartedly, which was exhausting to read, while Trae had one foot out the door from day one. We didn't really even get to know Trae apart from his "sexy smile" and "how pretty those eyes were." *sigh* I mean I love a guy with pretty teeth and fierce eyes but really? That's it? *pout*
Ultimately, no matter how hard I tried, I had zero connection to both Destiny and Trae. Even the minor sex scene's were a bit snoozey (although they did get a bit better with time). Maybe Trae wasn't alpha/tortured/sexy/commanding enough for me? Or there wasn't enough honest sexual tension between Des and Trae? Could even be the missing character development mixed with unexplored history and a lack of clarity. Or a bit of everything.
Moving on to why this book has stars at all:
I did enjoy premise behind air- and sea-dragons, their history, their differences - I just truly hope this is explored much more vividly in the next book in the series.
I also enjoyed the crazy scientists, Loch elements, and the potential forward movement for the series.
And above all else, there were a few scenes when I caught a glimpse of the Keri Arthur I've grown to love.
I'm honestly hoping Destiny Kills was just a fluke and that Mercy Burns will restore my faith in this series as well as Ms. Arthur's writing prowess. Here's to hoping!
Jenna
Unfortunately, this first book in the Myth and Magic series really fell short for me. The romance felt contrived, the action was "meh", the world and creatures were hardly explored, and most of all, there was a huge disconnect between the reader and characters.
*minor SPOILERS follow*
My first red flag occurred after Destiny's memory returned. Her memory being gone wasn't a big deal and the return of it wasn't really that important either. Which seems odd really. After it returns, Des has a minor moment where she thinks it may have been better to never remember her past, but by the time that thought is made clear she seems over it and moving on to manipulating and out-thinking Trae. This left me not really caring about what her past held. If it's not important to her, it's not important to me.
Next, the romance between Des and Trae was anything but organic. Des was fighting the romance half heartedly, which was exhausting to read, while Trae had one foot out the door from day one. We didn't really even get to know Trae apart from his "sexy smile" and "how pretty those eyes were." *sigh* I mean I love a guy with pretty teeth and fierce eyes but really? That's it? *pout*
Ultimately, no matter how hard I tried, I had zero connection to both Destiny and Trae. Even the minor sex scene's were a bit snoozey (although they did get a bit better with time). Maybe Trae wasn't alpha/tortured/sexy/commanding enough for me? Or there wasn't enough honest sexual tension between Des and Trae? Could even be the missing character development mixed with unexplored history and a lack of clarity. Or a bit of everything.
Moving on to why this book has stars at all:
I did enjoy premise behind air- and sea-dragons, their history, their differences - I just truly hope this is explored much more vividly in the next book in the series.
I also enjoyed the crazy scientists, Loch elements, and the potential forward movement for the series.
And above all else, there were a few scenes when I caught a glimpse of the Keri Arthur I've grown to love.
I'm honestly hoping Destiny Kills was just a fluke and that Mercy Burns will restore my faith in this series as well as Ms. Arthur's writing prowess. Here's to hoping!
Jenna
January 10, 2009
This book wasn't terrible, but it definitely wasn't as good as Arthur's Riley Jensen series. This was a story about a woman who was a sea dragon. She woke up at the beginning of the book having no knowledge of who she was, and she was lying next to a dead man. The story goes on with her trying to remember who she was, and she eventually remembers that she is a sea dragon and she was being held in a facility that was testing her. The man that was dead was one of her fellow escapees and her former lover. Their plan had been to escape and return to save the other hostages. The rest of the story revolves around that storyline.
I enjoyed reading the book, and the romance growing between her and her mate Trae. But it did feel a little bit rushed, and the story took some weird convoluted turns at some points. But overall, it still had a good enough plot line that I continued to the end of the book to find out what happened. If she were to write another book in the series I think I would read it just because I am curious about the main characters of the story, but I probably wont ever pick this book up again to re-read it.
I guess to summarize, if you have nothing else to read this would book could definitely be picked up but there are other books that are probably going to be better.
I enjoyed reading the book, and the romance growing between her and her mate Trae. But it did feel a little bit rushed, and the story took some weird convoluted turns at some points. But overall, it still had a good enough plot line that I continued to the end of the book to find out what happened. If she were to write another book in the series I think I would read it just because I am curious about the main characters of the story, but I probably wont ever pick this book up again to re-read it.
I guess to summarize, if you have nothing else to read this would book could definitely be picked up but there are other books that are probably going to be better.
November 3, 2009
This was a great book by Keri Arthur. It's a different urban fantasy series, this one about dragons(shifters sort of) and it's a great adventure. Destiny is a sea dragon and Trae is an air dragon. It starts out with a mystery for Destiny right after she has escaped from a secret facility in Scotland where she was held captive for over a decade and was the subject of scientific experiments. I won't give any spoilers, but this book has plenty of action and a good amount of romance. I like the new twist with dragons and science. I really enjoyed this book and I'm excited to read the next in the series. :)
April 26, 2011
Wow...Ms. Arthur never disappoints. I really enjoyed this book...what a great start to an awesome series.
I loved the whole sea dragons and fire dragons story line. Destiny and Trae are one hell of a couple. Strong, determined, committed and highly sensual beings.
It took no time to pull me in and grab hold. It's a wonderful story, with enough action and passion to hold my interest. It only took a day and a half to read it. Really looking forward to the next book; Mercy Burns.
If you loved Keri Arthur, you'll love this book. If you've never read any of Keri's work, give it a try, I'm confident you'll enjoy it and even thank me for the recommendation.
Highly recommend!!!
I loved the whole sea dragons and fire dragons story line. Destiny and Trae are one hell of a couple. Strong, determined, committed and highly sensual beings.
It took no time to pull me in and grab hold. It's a wonderful story, with enough action and passion to hold my interest. It only took a day and a half to read it. Really looking forward to the next book; Mercy Burns.
If you loved Keri Arthur, you'll love this book. If you've never read any of Keri's work, give it a try, I'm confident you'll enjoy it and even thank me for the recommendation.
Highly recommend!!!
January 31, 2019
Destiny Kills was an enjoyable, fun read. There were a number of elements that let the novel down, such as repetitive prose, clunky dialogue and one dimensional characters. However, it was fast paced and had an interesting concept that somewhat made up for the pitfalls. A novel to read if you are looking for decent action with a splash of romance and nothing too serious.
January 3, 2020
Read in one day. An awesome first chapter--head trauma has given Destiny temporary amnesia (she regains her memories during the novel) so we get tantalizing hints of magic and mystery. Very well done. I enjoyed the originality of the world-building/mythos. On the borderline between urban fantasy and paranormal romance.
October 27, 2018
This book was ok. I cared enough about those she left behind to keep reading. While I didn't HATE Destiny, I never really cared about her either.
Certainly did not learn enough about others to be interested in the next one.
Certainly did not learn enough about others to be interested in the next one.
July 30, 2018
LOVED!!!! Got my paranormal, romance, action book fix in. Ahhhhhh so much better now.
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October 19, 2019DNF @46%
February 23, 2017
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.�
A nice paranormal romance with a bit of adventure & murder thrown in, or is that the other way around? The main characters are dragons of sea & air who live in the world in human form. I liked Destiny very much. Trae was a bit too full of himself but remained likeable. The baddies are veeery bad. There were a few inconsistencies in the story but it was enjoyable & very easy reading
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.�
A nice paranormal romance with a bit of adventure & murder thrown in, or is that the other way around? The main characters are dragons of sea & air who live in the world in human form. I liked Destiny very much. Trae was a bit too full of himself but remained likeable. The baddies are veeery bad. There were a few inconsistencies in the story but it was enjoyable & very easy reading
October 6, 2009
In Destiny Kills, Keri Arthur takes a detour into a more unexplored part of urban fantasy. A world where dragons are hidden among us.
Destiny McKree wakes up naked on a shore with the body of the man she knows to be her lover, Egan, lying dead beside her. She knows she has to wait for dawn in order to send him to the sky, but she doesn't know why. She can't remember her name, she doesn't know were she is and she can't shake the feeling that she must stay hidden, stay alive, keep running.
After dawn has taken her lover with mysterious words that fell from her lips, she steals a set of clothes and ends up being pursued the local police officer who was checking out the tale of a dead body on the beach. It is only with the help of Trae Wilson that she manages to escape and it's not the way she thought she would. He shifts into the form of an air dragon, lifting her out over the sea in order to escape. It is then that she realises that her world is more than what it seems.
Trae, however, isn't the perfect gentleman. He's a happy theif who reluctently agreed to try to help his brother and Destiny, but isn't happy when he finds out Egan is dead. Even as he agrees to help Destiny, she finds her memory coming back in slivers and chunks. She remembers being in a lab, being tested on and escaping with Egan. She remembers the hunters and killing a man. It is with these memories that she remembers the promise she made to rescue those she left behind at the lab and the need to be by her fathers side as he died, so he could be properly given to the sky.
Trying to complete two tasks might mean she completes neither, especially if the hunters catch her. With Trae's help, they might make it out alive.
Over all, I enjoyed the book. A bit more fluffy than Keri's Guardian novels, but it has the potential for more. This book is more about world building than character depth, so I'll be happy to read the next book to see where it takes me.
Destiny McKree wakes up naked on a shore with the body of the man she knows to be her lover, Egan, lying dead beside her. She knows she has to wait for dawn in order to send him to the sky, but she doesn't know why. She can't remember her name, she doesn't know were she is and she can't shake the feeling that she must stay hidden, stay alive, keep running.
After dawn has taken her lover with mysterious words that fell from her lips, she steals a set of clothes and ends up being pursued the local police officer who was checking out the tale of a dead body on the beach. It is only with the help of Trae Wilson that she manages to escape and it's not the way she thought she would. He shifts into the form of an air dragon, lifting her out over the sea in order to escape. It is then that she realises that her world is more than what it seems.
Trae, however, isn't the perfect gentleman. He's a happy theif who reluctently agreed to try to help his brother and Destiny, but isn't happy when he finds out Egan is dead. Even as he agrees to help Destiny, she finds her memory coming back in slivers and chunks. She remembers being in a lab, being tested on and escaping with Egan. She remembers the hunters and killing a man. It is with these memories that she remembers the promise she made to rescue those she left behind at the lab and the need to be by her fathers side as he died, so he could be properly given to the sky.
Trying to complete two tasks might mean she completes neither, especially if the hunters catch her. With Trae's help, they might make it out alive.
Over all, I enjoyed the book. A bit more fluffy than Keri's Guardian novels, but it has the potential for more. This book is more about world building than character depth, so I'll be happy to read the next book to see where it takes me.
October 14, 2014
At the 1/2 way point I was thinking it was going to be a 4 star. It had some good fantasy involving different types of dragons and a romance that definitely had some chemistry.
Still it started getting too... unknown and haphazard in the middle and ending. They keep on being followed and found, and don't seem to have any understanding of what or who is after her. They take on the whole operation without knowing their capabilities.
So I ended up being a little bored with a bit of it because it was a lot of talk with out much information. The romance was good and the dragons were very interesting. I just wish I got to know more about them and wondered why some of Destiny's powers didn't come sooner.
Little things like that, not enough knowledge going in to situations, not taking care of any tracers (getting a x-ray from the nice doctor she knows), etc... that left me not loving it as I started out doing. I give it 3 1/2 stars. I'll have to think longer whether I'll give it 3 or 4 but I'm leaning to 3.
I think I like 1st person better when the person is well informed and telling the options and abilities so you don't think they are going in with no idea; like Dresden, or Mercy Thompson, Kate Daniels and now Atticus (from Hounded) This would've been better with a different POV and more information from differing perspectives. I think the romance might have been better too. Still in the end, I liked it and may read another one just to see where it goes. It has a lot of potential. I really did like the dragons and their differences.
Still it started getting too... unknown and haphazard in the middle and ending. They keep on being followed and found, and don't seem to have any understanding of what or who is after her. They take on the whole operation without knowing their capabilities.
So I ended up being a little bored with a bit of it because it was a lot of talk with out much information. The romance was good and the dragons were very interesting. I just wish I got to know more about them and wondered why some of Destiny's powers didn't come sooner.
Little things like that, not enough knowledge going in to situations, not taking care of any tracers (getting a x-ray from the nice doctor she knows), etc... that left me not loving it as I started out doing. I give it 3 1/2 stars. I'll have to think longer whether I'll give it 3 or 4 but I'm leaning to 3.
I think I like 1st person better when the person is well informed and telling the options and abilities so you don't think they are going in with no idea; like Dresden, or Mercy Thompson, Kate Daniels and now Atticus (from Hounded) This would've been better with a different POV and more information from differing perspectives. I think the romance might have been better too. Still in the end, I liked it and may read another one just to see where it goes. It has a lot of potential. I really did like the dragons and their differences.
February 6, 2016
Description:
Desire calls. Danger Lurks. But...
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.�
my review:
While waiting for book #9 of the Riley Jensen series I ran across this one. The first in Keri Arthur's new series. It has Dragons, magic, love and lots of running from hunters. It was okay. I like that it was an easy quick read but I wish that the characters would have been a little more depth to them. I would recommend this book and I'll most likely read the next book in the series.
Desire calls. Danger Lurks. But...
When Destiny McCree wakes up beside a dead man on an Oregon beach, she knows only this: she has to keep moving, keep searching, and keep one step ahead of the forces that have been pursuing her from the heart of Scotland to this isolated spot. Why? The death of her lover has left her alone, with little memory of her past. A glimmering serpent-shaped ring is the one clue she has—and a bargaining chip in a most dangerous game.
Enter Trae Wilson, a master thief with a sexy, knowing grin and a secret agenda of his own. Destiny and Trae both have powers far beyond the human—and both are running for their lives. Together they’re riding a tide of danger, magic, and lust…but with killers stalking their every move, they must use any means necessary, even each other, to survive—until the shocking secret of one woman’s destiny finally unravels.�
my review:
While waiting for book #9 of the Riley Jensen series I ran across this one. The first in Keri Arthur's new series. It has Dragons, magic, love and lots of running from hunters. It was okay. I like that it was an easy quick read but I wish that the characters would have been a little more depth to them. I would recommend this book and I'll most likely read the next book in the series.
July 26, 2009
Destiny is a half air dragon and half sea dragon who’s just escaped from a facility that’s been kidnapping and experimenting on dragons. The Air dragon she escaped with is dead and Destiny now meets his brother Trae � who she’s very attracted to.
She needs to go back and rescue her mother and the other kids at the facility - while evading the hunters after her, meet her dying father, and outsmart a sexy air-dragon with an agenda of his own.
This is a nice story. Its pretty simplistic, no great writing here. But I liked it anyway � and that has a lot to do with Destiny and Trae � both strong individuals and amazing together. One thing this duo have going for them is great dialogue �
Destiny: “Look, I don’t want to get you into trouble—�
Trae: “Well, good, because I can manage that quite well by myself.�
When the hunters are chasing them :
Destiny: “Then what are we going to do if we can’t outrun them?�
Trae: “Outsmart them. You feel like breakfast?�
Destiny: I blinked. “You can’t stop and eat breakfast at a time like this!�
Trae: “You tell me where in the rule book it says I can’t, and I’ll obey.�
There was much more and better stuff, but my pizza’s waiting and I’m hungry..Pick this one up for a feel good read.
She needs to go back and rescue her mother and the other kids at the facility - while evading the hunters after her, meet her dying father, and outsmart a sexy air-dragon with an agenda of his own.
This is a nice story. Its pretty simplistic, no great writing here. But I liked it anyway � and that has a lot to do with Destiny and Trae � both strong individuals and amazing together. One thing this duo have going for them is great dialogue �
Destiny: “Look, I don’t want to get you into trouble—�
Trae: “Well, good, because I can manage that quite well by myself.�
When the hunters are chasing them :
Destiny: “Then what are we going to do if we can’t outrun them?�
Trae: “Outsmart them. You feel like breakfast?�
Destiny: I blinked. “You can’t stop and eat breakfast at a time like this!�
Trae: “You tell me where in the rule book it says I can’t, and I’ll obey.�
There was much more and better stuff, but my pizza’s waiting and I’m hungry..Pick this one up for a feel good read.
August 7, 2012
As someone who is familiar with Arthur’s Riley Jenson Guardian novels, I was a little hesitant to even read this new series. Don’t get me wrong, in the beginning I loved the Riley Jenson series, it just seemed to get really, really predictable and lost my interest after Dangerous Games.
That is my excuse for having not read Destiny Kills before now, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It put an original twist on the whole Dragon genre. I can’t say that it is my favorite book in the world but it held my attention.
The main male character Trae, was deliciously bad and Destiny is the kind of abused female main that everyone can root for. The storyline was lacking of any twists (which as you know I love and kept looking for). It did, however, have a nice growing romance between Trae and Destiny, which was pleasant.
Overall, I think I’ll continue reading the series to find out what happens next. I might even pick back up the Riley Jenson novels where I left off and give them another try.
That is my excuse for having not read Destiny Kills before now, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by this book. It put an original twist on the whole Dragon genre. I can’t say that it is my favorite book in the world but it held my attention.
The main male character Trae, was deliciously bad and Destiny is the kind of abused female main that everyone can root for. The storyline was lacking of any twists (which as you know I love and kept looking for). It did, however, have a nice growing romance between Trae and Destiny, which was pleasant.
Overall, I think I’ll continue reading the series to find out what happens next. I might even pick back up the Riley Jenson novels where I left off and give them another try.
December 28, 2008
So disappointing. I like Keri Arthur -- I enjoyed the Guardian series -- but this one was a big letdown. (Sorry Keri.) The romance element of it was just too contrived and not very believable for me. It happened too fast, maybe? (Or maybe that's just how things go for dragons?) I wanted to like it. And while I haven't read the Guardian books in awhile, it had the same feel from what I recall -- rescuing trapped people from the bad guys. (Am I remembering correctly?)
Or maybe I'm just spoiled from having just read Kelley Armstrong and Julie Kenner?
Or maybe I'm just spoiled from having just read Kelley Armstrong and Julie Kenner?
January 26, 2009
It was good. Not so great that I'm dying to read the next one, not as god as her Riley/Guardian series, but good I really liked her creation of totally new supernatual creatures. As much as I enjoy my werewolves and vamps, this made a nice change. The story was ok, the characters are engaging. There was enough foreshadowing to make me curious about the next book, so I will check it out (literally, thanks library!) when the time comes.
January 15, 2012
Wow. I've had this book on my TBR for a couple of years at least. I am happy to say that this works as a stand alone too and could have read it sooner (since #2 didn't come out until 3 years after this one). Lots of things going on in this one. Wrapped up nicely. Recommended for something different (different breeds of dragon shifters).
April 7, 2009
This was such a great book. I really hope that Keri Arthur does contiune this series.
The story the plot and the characters were amazing. It was easy to follow and I could not put it down. Every page I was glued to it wanting and needing to find out more
The story the plot and the characters were amazing. It was easy to follow and I could not put it down. Every page I was glued to it wanting and needing to find out more
March 8, 2010
I very seldom give a book 5 stars but this book was a page turning for me. It has that something special that just really grabbed me. I can't wait to get my hot little hands on the next one in the series..smiles.
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